American Idiot Tix Sales for Opening Week

I was wondering the same thing as I was also looking for tickets during those dates.

Thanks for the info. I wonder why they are doing so few shows that week.

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I was looking at the calendar week, so therefore the wrong Sunday....and they don't list Thursday as a show right now. They don't list it as sold out....just not in existence.

Got a ticket for Friday though. Excited.

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I don't think that has been announced/decided yet. Telecharge doesn't have any information, it just says "closed" under box office hours. Also, the article on playbill yesterday announcing the general public on-sale did not mention an opening date for the box office.

To be fair, but for a sign specifically advising when the box office would be opening, there really isn't something you would be able to see when you walked by the theatre in advance that would give you some indication of how soon the BO is in fact opening. The marquee is now up so that is a step in the right direction, but price scale signs typically don't go up until the day of the BO opening or sometimes late in the week before. So the fact that it "didn't look like they were remotely close to opening" doesn't really mean much. They could have been opening the BO today and it would have looked much the same.

Many may know this already, but at the risk of repetition, the minimum amount of time prior to first preview that the BO opens is actually a union contract-defined standard (Local 751). Some box offices open long before that, but there is a minimum which is based on a calculation involving the number of weeks that the show is on sale by phone/internet prior to first preview (basically, divide by 5, round up and add one).

So "American Idiot"'s first preview is announced for March 24. They went on sale via Amex email I believe on 1/27 (or was it 1/20), so that's eight (or nine) weeks of phone/internet sales before first preview. Divide by 5 and round up = 2 + 1 = 3. Which in theory would mean the BO should open no later than March 1.

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The Finian's sign -- which is only on one door by the way -- is a good point. But as I explained above, the BO signage and price scales often do not go up until the morning of the opening. Sometimes sooner, but not always.

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Just saw the "American Idiot" Times ad you are referring to. While I'm perfectly happy for Tom Kitt to get the shout out, I agree it is kind of misleading.